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Thursday, 7 August 2008

Election rumblings.

tBg is receiving news this morning of emails, approaches by officials, meetings and rumors about the next set of CF elections. tBg doesn't yet have anything concrete, but tBg wants to alert you all about the wheels being in motion for two particular CF'ers.

tBg has also received news that Matthew Richardson is not running for Chair', but backing another candidate.

Anon 11:53 - that post is ridiculously out of order. Other than the fact its just downright nasty, its not even remotely funny. I don't care what you think of ABB (or any other member of the exec, myself included) but I don't think callinig people "sluts" and "cunts" is particularly helpful. Now go away and grow up.

Anon - its not up to me to deny or confirm rumours about another CF member. I don't profess to know everything about ABB's life, and she is more than capeable of defending herself on those counts. But I do think that the bitchy tone of the post and the language used was out of order and don't see why I should stand by and tolerate a friend of mine being called a slut. If you're going to insult someone, at least try to be witty.

By your logic TBG, you’re suggesting either Anastasia has committed sins that mean she deserves the post above or that the anonymous poster has just committed a sin by behaving like a complete fucktard that means we can now post nonsense about him/her at will. Which is it?

Anon - I don't see why anything to do with Anastasia's sexuality is any of your business. If she's gay, straight or bisexual, whether she's slept with one person or one thousand, whatever she does in her private life makes no odds to me. And that applies to all my friends - I couldn't give a toss who people sleep with. If CF has become about judging people for their private lives, then I can safely say it's no longer the organisation I joined. And, unless there is NOTHING hidden away in your life that you'd rather the whole world didn't know about, you're in no position to judge ABB or anybody else. Why can't people just live and let live?

Always a good test of those who believe in freedom of speech. Those who believe in the right of people to say whatever they want must support the post remaining. All credit to Anastasia, who has seemingly risen above it.

I suspect I post under an alias for the same reasons that Guido Fawkes, Tory Bear, Dizzy and TBG do. I work in a position where posting under my real name could cost me my career.

A philosophical answer to your question however would be to suggest that the right to freedom of thought and expression extends to the freedom to post under whatever moniker or pseudonym takes my fancy. I can never understand those who suggest we must all post under our own names. Sounds a bit like force to me!